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and install that using the application to ensure correct installation.

My Currently Installed firmware is not recognized

Since the application is in BETA only a limited selection of customized firmwares are recognized, as time goes on more will be added, use the 'Check for Firmware Update' to update the Application (but not too often)

Which firmwares are currently recognized

You can find a list of firmwares & Recovery images that the Application will recognize here

My Currently Installed firmware is listed on your supported page, but the application still does not recognise it correctly.

It is possible that you have a modified version of the firmware, or you have changed some of the settings yourself, as the aim is only to recognise your installed firmware, unless you suffer from OCD it should not be too much of an issue... right?

RA_recovery is not full supported, what gives!?

Unfortunately you cant externally initiate backup/recovery with the current version of RA_recovery, nor can you disable zip signature checking, so you can install and reboot to RA_recovery, but it wont let you do anything else.

But are you not the idiot who ported RA_recovery why not add more stuff to it!?

I did consider doing just that, but it would no longer be RA-recovery... I am also working on my own fully built from scratch recovery image, that will be available when it is ready.... but hold your breath..

<feature> does not work!

The application is in BETA, so expect it not to work exactly as you'd expect, if you can reproduce the error, please include a copy of your logcat output so I can look into it.

Woah Dood! you've copied Koushi's ROMManger!

I admit there is some similarity, originally I set out to write a simple application that would just install Recovery Images, as time went on the 'feature creep' resulted in adding more and more features.

I am a ROM/Recovery developer and I want my ROM/Recovery to be recognized

Drop my a PM here and I will let you know what I need to supply for it to be recognized.

I am a ROM/Recovery developer and I do not want my ROM/Recovery to be recognized

Drop my a PM here and I will remove ROM/Recovery.

I have a great Idea for a feature you HAVE to add

Don't be shy, post up your idea, once we have all laughed at it, I might even add it to a future version.

Hurumble?

An excellent word. It is to be used in place of words such as "hurrah", but not in place of words such as "dog" or "pineapple"

Can I see your source code?

Ahhh, yes see. a dog ran away with it, or the cat ate it.. one of those. I'm still cleaning it up, it needs a lot more work before I'd be happy to share it with anyone, but eventually I will post the source to my GitHub for you all to laugh at and ridicule.

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Well, this is a combination of my annoyance at seeing people having problems installing ClockworkMod Recovery, and a strange desire to write an Android Application....

It's been 10 LONG years since I last did any JAVA and while bits of it have come flooding back (mostly the pain,suffering and late nights at university trying to get Elevators to go up and down on screen)... I sort of enjoyed the whole process... yes I am CRAZY

I've tested it to death as much as I can, but I'm sure you guys can find lots more problems with it...

It is an open Beta, so I'm open to your comments/complaints/compliments....

I would like to expand on this to encompass more things.. I've build the framework so it will one day support other devices than the ZTE Blade... and who knows where we might end up.....

This is a BETA, so I expect lots of problems... so in the words of my C++ Lecturer... go on, screw this up then...

System rebooted and handed over to clockwork 2.5.1.8 perfectly, then rebooted.

However on the first launch of the app I had a blank screen instead of the superuser prompt. Obviously a fault with su. So I task killed them both and relaunched the recovery app. Each time after this it force closed. It must have been a partial first run thing. I re installed and it worked perfectly.

One question does your app work with all 3 current versions of clockwork and RA_recovery?

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I've got Paul's image on my device and a self compiled AmonRa-Recovery (built from your sources). Both aren't recognized. Could you add some way to add those things on my own or do you really plan on having to support every firmware available? :)

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Some feedback, i tried to make a backup of the current firmware, and whilst having installed Clockwork Mod 2.5.1.8, i get an Error message, that i need to install a custom firmware before i can backup my Firmware. I'm on JapJelly RLS7.

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One question does your app work with all 3 current versions of clockwork and RA_recovery?

Unfortunately you cant externally initiate backup/recovery with the current version of RA_recovery, nor can you disable zip signature checking, so you can install and reboot to RA_recovery, but it wont let you do anything else.

Amon has posted the source to 2.2.1 and I'm going to look into porting that later today, I'm not sure yet if that has improved thing or not yet.

I do like the toast message that pops up when you swap tabs, however I think that the detected recovery /firmware should have its own space one each tab. Or maybe even one the first tab.

Thats not a bad idea.. consider it added..

Does the app tell recovery to do a wipe/factory reset?

If it does then themes and patches will not be installable

The install firmeare option just installs the zip, theres no wipe unless the author of the the firmware has added them to the installer script... I guess adding the option to wipe or not is probably something to be added in future..

Also any chance of adding an md5sum feature so users can see the md5 before they confirm the install?

EDIT. The md5 check could also be automated once you have the download feature done.

Maybe just take the URL of the firmware and add .md5 to its URL.

I had planned on adding the md5 checking to the download option, but when your installing from an an SDcard it just uses whatever it finds...

I've got Paul's image on my device and a self compiled AmonRa-Recovery (built from your sources). Both aren't recognized. Could you add some way to add those things on my own or do you really plan on having to support every firmware available? :)

The firmware will come, when I get around to it... but can I just ask why your running your own build of RA-Recovery? and have you considered putting it out for others to use?

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The firmware will come, when I get around to it... but can I just ask why your running your own build of RA-Recovery? and have you considered putting it out for others to use?

I was faster adding ext4 support. ;) Otherwise I think it's identical to your version (and I think, I've posted it into the RA-Recovery thread already UPDATE: No, just my version with kallt_kaffe's kernel is up. But since it just doesn't have any improvements with my kernel in it, I don't see any use in uploading my build).

But it was more a general question. How do you detect different image versions and recoveries? Using md5sums over the partition? Looking for particular files? In my oppinion it would be a great improvement, if we could configure our own image- and recovery-detection mechanism with your recovery manager. We all saw where this leads to with the ROM manager app not supporting the blade at all (and no way to fix it except asking the author).

Just my ideas about it. And please don't take me wrong, I really appreciate your great work here in the forum. :)